Recipe: Walnut Sage Potatoes Au-Gratin

WALNUT-SAGE POTATOES AU GRATIN
From Better Homes and Garden
12 servings

6 medium potates
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves chopped
3 tb olive oil
3 tb all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
ground pepper to taste
2 1/2 cups milk
3 tb snipped fresh sage
1 cup shredded Gruyere cheese
1/3 cup broken walnut pieces
fresh sage leaves

Peel potatoes and thinly slice. Rinse and drain in colander.
For sauce, in medium saucepan cook onion and garlic in the oil until tender but not brown. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add the milk all at once. Cook and stir at medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; stir in the snipped sage. Grease a 2 qt. round casserole with glass cover. Layer half of the potatoes in the casserole. Cover with half the sauce. Sprinkle with half the cheese. Repeat layering with the potatoes and sauce. Cover and chill remaining cheese until needed. Bake the casserole, covered, in conventional 350 F oven for 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and nuts. Bake, uncovered, 5 more minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Garnish with fresh sage leaves.